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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Advice for Amateurs

This week, our most
recent RSM Classic winner Austin
Cook had some advice
for players who might be newer to the golf
scene. Here’s an excerpt from the recent Newsday article:

“PGA Tour pros and their caddies have been in
enough pro-ams to know just where all of us mortals continually go wrong. They
offer some kindly advice, which basically boils down to: line it up, take
enough club and take it easy.

Overwhelmingly, the experts agreed that
amateurs never choose to use enough club. ‘They think that a 9-iron can go 190
yards and they think they can hit it like Dustin Johnson, when really, they hit
it more like me, where a 9-iron goes 130 yards,” said Austin Cook, winner of The RSM Classic in this, his rookie PGA Tour
season.’”

Thanks for the advice, Austin! This got us thinking
about other tips that might be helpful for those of us who aren’t professionals
(at least not YET). Fortunately, GolfDigest just put out an article entitled, “Golf
for Beginners: So You Want to Play Golf,” that
provides additional insights:

“We get it. Golf can seem
terribly complicated to the uninitiated. So many rules, so many different kinds
of clubs. And then there's the lingo: birdies, bogeys, bump-and-runs. At Golf
Digest, this may be the language we speak every day, but we also know it's a
language that can scare prospective golfers off before they ever pick up a
club. That's where this online beginner's guide comes in.”

Whether you’re brand new to the game, or just want to brush up on
a few facts, you can find the full article here.

And speaking of newbies, the AT&T Byron Nelson is underway at
the tournament’s new home. The Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas,
Texas, is currently making its public unveiling, and has intrigued many in the
golf community:

“Not everyone will understand how
to play this links-like test, let alone succeed, because this is not the
typical Point A to Point B golf that the Tour pros see each week. The
Pinehurst-like domed greens and beguiling fairway contours will redirect what
look to be pretty good shots. Imagination and patience will be critical this
week.” – Golf.com